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2017-08-18T04:30:13.000000000+00:00
Minninglow, Derbyshire The Y Not festival site is still a mess, but a walk along the High Peak Trail underlines the resilience of natureAt the top of Gratton Dale, turning into Mouldridge Lane, the familiar white-walled pasture had been transformed. Diggers and tractors swarmed across the fields,...

2017-08-18T03:00:12.000000000+00:00
Anti-corruption campaigner’s claims about Dmitry Peskov’s son are latest salvo in fight against high lives of Russian elite In 2010, Nikolay Choles was a troubled British youth, jailed for assaulting a man outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Milton Keynes. By 2017, according to the Russian opposit...

2017-08-17T23:01:07.000000000+00:00
Sales of trendy brands such as Brewdog to the east Asian country outshone whisky, shellfish and ice cream in year to JuneSoaring demand for British craft beers in South Korea helped UK food and drink exports top £10bn in the first six months of 2017, the best first half figures ever.Ireland, Fran...

2017-08-17T23:01:07.000000000+00:00
Institute for Economic Affairs says UK should resort to WTO rules and strike free trade agreements with trading partners Leaving the European Union without a deal in place would not spell disaster for the UK economy, according to a free market thinktank advocating trade with the rest of the world...

2017-08-17T23:01:07.000000000+00:00
Letters from poet WB Yeats to his first love, and artwork by his brother, sisters and father will be auctioned at Sotheby’sA treasure trove of Yeats family material, including hundreds of passionate, rueful and philosophical letters from the poet William Butler to the first of his many loves, and...

2017-08-17T23:01:07.000000000+00:00
Public Health England widens focus from cutting sugar as children are copying adults in consuming too many calories per day Public health bosses are urging food manufacturers to make chips, pizzas, crisps and burgers healthier, opening a second front in efforts to tackle childhood obesity.Public ...

2017-08-17T21:06:41.000000000+00:00
England footballer paid £80,000 after bullying complaint, but barrister found insufficient evidence to uphold claimsThe Football Association has bowed to growing pressure surrounding the Eni Aluko “hush-money” case by revealing the reasons why the barrister they employed to investigate the matter...

2017-08-17T20:40:41.000000000+00:00
Advanced economies responded with temporary measures when they needed broader, longer-term solutionsTen years ago this month, the French bank BNP Paribas decided to limit investors’ access to the money they had deposited in three funds. It was the first loud signal of the financial stress that wo...

2017-08-17T18:18:30.000000000+00:00
Dr David Etherington and Melanie Henwood respond to the Grenfell inquiry terms, David Hickey recalls the government response to Aberfan, and Dr Stephen Battersby makes the case for tackling rogue landlordsWith reference to your report on the Grenfell inquiry terms of reference, it is crucial, as ...

2017-08-17T18:18:18.000000000+00:00
Chris Birch remembers the British empire’s scramble to destroy its records as colonial rule came to a close, and Nitin Mehta lists the achievements of India since partitionThere has been a lot written this week about the 70th anniversary of Britain’s hasty retreat from India in 1947 (Editorial, 1...